"Eimi, you're not doing that again, are you?"
Mid-December, early on a Sunday morning, Eimi Heiwa had been standing in the bathroom for quite a while; washing her hands. For about a half of an hour she had been in there, repeatedly washing her hands. An older teenage girl who seemed to becoming of age with long, and sleek dark blue hair, kind and mature silver eyes, and a soft voice had opened the door to check on her.
"Sakura, I'm not doing anything out of the normal."
"You don't have to be so insensitive, you know you can call me 'Nee-chan.'" She said to Eimi, frowning. "And while it's not abnormal, you shouldn't spend so much time washing your hands. There isn't going to be any skin left to grow back if you keep this up."
"Please stop trying to show concern, my hands will be fine."
"It's my job to show concern, I'm your older sister and I have a right as such. Come downstairs when you're done, I'm making breakfast today."
"Stop bossing me around, Sakura..." Eimi muttered, as she looked over her shoulder.
Much to her expectancy, Sakura had left the room and the sound of her footsteps going downstairs slowly fainted away. Eimi let out a disappointed sigh, and began to examine her hands with great care. Her hands had begun to deteriorate and sting; it seemed her older sister once again had not been kidding her.
"Nee-chan... I wish the air around us wasn't so tense..."
Standing over a hot stove stood Sakura, slaving herself over eggs and other things. Her voice was silent, for she was upset with Eimi. The air between the two sisters had been tense for quite some time, they rarely speak meaningful conversations; it's almost as if they shared a house and nothing more. However, Sakura deeply wished that one day they would get along somehow, having a sisterly relationship she always wanted with Eimi. Her mind slowly began to drift off to different thoughts, forgetting of the food she was cooking in front of her.
Suddenly, she heard Eimi begin to grudgingly walk down the stairs as she usually did on a Sunday morning. She snapped back to reality and smelled the beginning of burnt food. Panicking, she hurried to stop the food from burning any worse than it already had.
"Sakura, you need to stop daydreaming and start thinking about what you're doing for once." Eimi said.
"Eimi, please don't criticize unless you plan on cooking this yourself."
"I'm to cook for myself tomorrow, before I leave for school."
Sakura sighed and ceased herself from talking anymore, continuing to finish. The food being finished, Sakura felt disappointed with herself, as it lacked quality from being burnt. Eimi sighed in disapproval at her older sister and shook her head.
"If you're going to cook, stop burning the food."
"I don't burn it all of the time..."
"No, you burn it half of the time because you don't think about what you're doing."
"Eimi... I know it's burnt, so it doesn't look very nice, but at least eat it. It should taste fine... for the most part."
"Fine, fine. I'll eat it just to make you happy."
"Thank you, Eimi."
Eimi slumped herself down at the table, noticing her phone quietly buzzing as she began to eat Sakura's slightly burnt food. She refused to pick it up, not until at the very least she finished her food. Her sister patiently sat across from her at the table, hoping in silence for a positive response from her younger sister. As Eimi took the final bite of her food and set her utensils down, she spoke up.
"You were right, it wasn't that bad. I could still taste that it was burnt though. Like I said, think about what you're doing next time you cook."
"Fine. Thank you, Eimi."
"You're welcome."
The phone buzzing becoming more and more tedious, as well as aggravating, Eimi decided she may as well find out who had texted her. Unlocking her phone, the screen read "Heina Yami-san". Grumbling unheard words, Eimi began to fiddle with the phone to read Heina's text.
"Yo, Eimi-chan!" The text read. "I was wondering if you wanted to go to one of the shopping districts later today! I have some extra money from working, you can bring anyone if you want! I'll be at Shibuya-cho around One O'Clock!"
"Yami-san... You're foolish to believe that I'm going to go out with you." Eimie said to herself, beginning to reply.
"Oh? Let me see, Eimi!" Sakura said, who had been staring over her shoulder at Eimi most of the time.
"Sakura, stay away from my phone! You have your own!"
Eimi began to back away from her older sister who followed her, holding her phone above and behind her. Without realization of what was behind her, she tripped over a broom which was left lying on the floor, and her phone slipped out of her hands. Sakura caught it in her hands and began to read the text which Heina had sent.
"Oh? One of your friends want to meet you later at Shibuya-cho? Why not, it'll be fun!"
"My day is ruined... Just send me back to bed now..." Eimi groaned, lying on the ground.
Snap.
The sound of a wooden board breaking, along with the sound of a High School girl panting were apparent in a room. Shukumei, whom was wearing a traditional kyū, had been practicing her Karate after her recent defeat against the Yami Siblings. Sitting in the corner was a girl with medium-length light green hair, styled by her side bangs being pulled into a ponytail. Despite the cold weather, she was wearing a light pink strapless dress.
"Shushu-chan, why do you keep attacking those wooden boards?" She asked.
"To get stronger, so I don't have to keep having my pride taken by those excuses for heroes." She said, preparing another set of wooden boards for her to work with. "They think their heroes of this town.. They don't even know what the heck they're doing..."
"Are you angry, Shushu-chan?"
"It seems that she is." Another voice spoke.
Standing at the entrance to the door was a woman, who appeared to be in her mid-thirties. She was an unusual looking figure, much taller than the average Japanese female if compared to Shukumei and the girl sitting in the corner. Her ears were long and pointed, and her eyes were and unusual color of yellow, almost as if she were not a human. Her appearance was something that always seemed to intimidate Shukumei.
"A-akumi-sama!" Shukumei said in startled voice.
Nearly jumping at Akumi's appearance, Shukumei's hand slammed down on the wood in an uncoordinated manner, causing her to not only break the wood but to cause her hand pain. Wincing tightly and grasping her hand with her other one, she slowly turned her attention back to Akumi.
"That never fails to amuse me, how shocked you get when I sneak up on you." Akumi said.
"It isn't amusing to me at all.. What did you come here for anyways?"
"I've already spoken when Yami-san and the others of this, and now it's your turn. We need to change something about our tactic, we're falling behind in the current phase of our mission."
"What do we need to do then?" The younger girl spoke up.
"Eri, you, Shizuka, and Haruka are going to receive a special mission starting today, you're going to find out who the rest of the Mews are and get them to realize their powers. Shukumei, you and Tsubasa are going to continue on with attacking the Mews that have already realized their powers."
"Oh, oh! Akumi-sama! Can I please do my job today?" Eri cried.
"That is the plan intended, I already have your target."
A small portal, far too small for any of them to enter opened up in midair. Inside of it, it showed a picture of Eimi and Sakura sitting in a subway car. Slowly, it moved from Eimi to focus on Sakura as she took a small nap on their way to Shibuya-cho.
"This girl is Heiwa Sakura, she is the next Mew Mew to have her powers awaken."
"She looks like an easy battle!" Eri said.
"Yes, however there is a catch to her." Akumi replied as she portal's picture focused on Eimi. "That girl next to her younger sister, Heiwa Eimi. She is also a Mew whom has already had her powers awakened. She possesses the power of Hypnotism to stun enemies and her shield, while it has no definite killing potential, could knock you out cold if you hits you in the right spot. You have to be patient with this, if you are to attack while her younger sister is by her side then you may be definite to lose."
"Why not send someone with her to distract the sister?" Shukumei suggested.
"I'm glad you volunteered, Shukumei-san."
"Shushu-chan's going to come with me on my first mission!?" Eri exclaimed.
"Why should I?! I have training and practice to take care of today if we want to get our missions done!"
"You're experienced in getting a physical job done, at least more than the others. It's the wise choice."
"You... You're right, but don't ask me to do this next time! Haruka-san's been itching to get into a fight, and so has Aoi-san!"
"Let them learn patience! They'll go when the time comes."
"Right... Come on, Yamazako-chan. We've got work to do."
Chattering of young people and older alike filled the Shibuya-cho area, entering and leaving fashion stores or looking around for a good Cafe to stop at. Eimi and Sakura were both walking around the large crowds of people as Eimi constantly checked her phone for a text from Heina.
"Yami-san... Why can't you just stay in one spot and tell me where you are?" She grumbled to herself.
"Eimi, don't worry about it. We'll find your friend eventually."
As the two walked through the street, they passed a Coffee Shop where people could sit down and enjoy Coffee and other light snacks, but nothing explicitly fancy. Sitting in the Coffee Shop was Eri and Shukumei, dressed in their casual winter clothing as they pretended to be friend spending the day together. Eri was obvious ecstatic about her first mission, as she had brought something 'Very special' with her in her purse to get the job done.
"Shushu-chan, are those the Mews?" Eri asked, sipping her herbal Tea.
"Yeah, that's them. You know the plan?" Shukumei responded, gulping down Coffee.
"Yeah, and I can't wait!"
"Shh! Be quiet! We don't want anybody hearing us..."
"Oh, right! Sorry!"
The two continued to finish their drinks as Eimi and Sakura continued to wander down further away. Sakura stared at all of the stores in awe, taking a liking to some things and wondering who could've thought of others. Eimi continued to text, ignoring the stores as if she could've cared less. Finally, Eimi had heard a voice which was all too familiar.
"Eimi-chan! Where the heck have you been!?" Heina yelled.
"I've been looking for you! Where have you been?!"
"Er... Well, I stopped in one of the stores while I was waiting and bought a pair of earrings."
"Whatvever..." Eimi replied, then regaining her composure. "Yami-san, this is my older sister, Sakura Heiwa."
"Oh, it's a pleasure to meet you." Sakura said.
"Hah, nice t'meet you too! My name's Heina Yami!" Heina replied, grinning her usual grin.
"May we get this day over with?" Eimi suggested.
"Sure, is there a store you want to go to, Eimi?" Sakura asked.
"No, not really..." Eimi replied.
"Then why we don't just go pick one out on a whim?" Heina suggested.
"That sounds... Exciting. Let's try it, just to see if we can get a fresh selection. What do you think, Eimi?"
"I don't really care, you can do whatever you want." Eimi replied.
"It's settled then, let's go!"
The three girls then walked off and began to look at stores to see what intrigued them, little did they know Shukumei and Eri had been watching them silently from within the crowd of people.
"This was unexpected... Eri, quick, we need a new plan."
"What happened, Shushu-chan?"
"Nothing too important... I hope..."
"Eimi, Heina-san, do you think this looks alright on me?"
Standing there in front of a changing room was Sakura, wearing a dark blue dress. It's length reached the back of her calves, it was sleeved, and carefully adorned with a pattern. It was a very elegant looking dress, as well as an expensive dress.
"It looks fine, the style isn't quite right but the color works, I guess." Eimi said. "The pattern is driving me up a wall though... It's actually quite awful."
"It looks fine t'me, get it if ya want." Heina replied.
"Hm... Maybe, it's really expensive though..." Sakura said.
"Well look around and see if you can find something else, I'm going t'find a dress for Ei-Mi-Chan."
"Don't say my name in such a disrespectful way!" Eimi yelled at Heina.
"What? Ya don't like it?" Heina replied.
"Ah... those two. They're really close, huh?" Sakura mumbled to herself.
Sakura walked away from the two as they began to heat up in a debate over how Heina referred to Eimi. Keeping her dress in hand, she began to shift through racks of black, red, blue, violet, and other colored dresses. Suddenly, she felt a tug on her shirt. Standing next to her was Eri, who portrayed a convincingly worried expression on her face.
"Excuse me miss, you need to come help me quick! My onee-chan suddenly got sick!" She beckoned.
"Eh? I can't, I need to stay in here with my younger sister, and-"
"Oh, thank you miss! Hurry, she's this way!" Eri exclaimed in joy, grabbing Sakura by her wrist and proceeding to drag her out of the store.
"W-wait! I told you I can't just leave the store!"
Allowing Eri to drag her outside, Sakura unpleasantly dropped the dress on a rack and stepped out the door. Looking around, it seemed that there was no panic of someone who had dropped ill. Whilst Sakura looked around for someone who seemingly looked like Eri's older sister, Eri pulled a chain and lock out of her purse and wrapped it around the door tightly.
"Looks like you feel for it. Guess you're not too bright, huh?" Eri giggled.
"Huh?" Sakura said in confusion, turning around to look at Eri." What did you do?! You locked my sister in there!"
"That shouldn't be your biggest concern right now, you better reciprocate because I used all the poison I had with me."
"Reciprocate? Poison? What are you talking about?!"
Sudden sounds of multiple different panics sudden occurred from within the shopping district, at the very least the street Sakura was on. She heard word of people fainting, looking and feeling sick. Looking at Eri with certain horror, she felt herself begin to panic.
"You poisoned people?! How could you?! They could die!" Sakura yelled.
"How could I? It was actually pretty hard, getting all of those people to drink the stuff I put it in. I never thought it would be so hard to kill ten people."
"I don't think she meant the specifics, Yamazako-chan."
Shukumei, who had been watching from afar began to slowly walk to the two. Sakura was beginning to feel passive about the situation and wanted to run. Yet she felt something urging her to stay, like something was about to make a change in her life.
"Shushu-chan! Am I doing good?" Eri exclaimed.
"You're doing fine so far." Shukumei replied.
"You two..." She said, then composing herself. "You're evil, aren't you?"
"Shushu-chan likes to put it that we're the villains in this fairy tail! And this fairy tail is twisted, because you hero's are already dead!"
"I'm a hero? What brought you to this conclusion?"
"We already knew, you just didn't. We're one step ahead of you, maybe?" Shukumei said.
"If I'm one of the heroes, then to me that's reason enough to stand right here and fight you in some form." Sakura replied.
Sakura thought to herself. This new, unknown, and confusing situation made her heart race. Her stomach was turned and instinct gripped her to tell these girls off; but at the same time something felt light. Like a type of magic was swelling up within her, ready to burst. Was this power? Authority? No, Sakura couldn't tell was it was. Suddenly at the nape of her neck something took form; a Mew mark which made the image of two pale blue feathers against each other in a mirrored form. The mark glowed brightly with an illuminate light, and the light spread from the mark until it covered Sakura's body.
"What... Is this a power? Is this what makes me the hero?" Sakura asked herself.
"Shushu-chan, this hurts my eyes..." Eri said. "It's a healing light, I don't like it..."
"Then cover them, it only lasts a moment." Shukumei replied.
"A healing light. If this light could do something, please grant me the power to heal others. It would be a great privilege..." Sakura thought to herself and she folded her hands in front of her with a smile and the light brightened to it's fullest potential. It flashed brightly, and Sakura was left in her Mew form. Dark blue feathered wings had sprouted from her back, along with tail-feathers of the same hue. Her long, dark blue hair had tinted to a pale blue and her ahoge had grown longer and taken the shape of a feather. She wore a pale blue leotard which lacked any sleeves or straps and was lined with Dark blue trim. Her gloves were elbow length, and her shoes were flats; both of them being pale blue. Along with this she bore the regulated puffy arm sleeves, left-leg garter, and neck choker which were all trimmed with dark blue. She looked graceful; like a real bird.
"Shushu-chan! She turned into a Mew!" Eri exclaimed.
"Then our work is done, we just need to motivate her a bit mor-"
"Not so fast!" A voice interrupted.
Before they could catch a glimpse of where the voice came from, a red arrow ablaze with black energy flew past Shukumei's face, just hairs away from piercing her. Eri stumbled back in surprise, Shukumei catching her before she had begun to fall.
"It seems the rest of the beasts have arrived." Shukumei said, her tone of voice was irritated.
"'The rest of the... Beasts?'" Sakura asked herself, turning her head to the direction of the sound.
Standing several yards away in a place where the crowds had clear was Mew Darkness and Mew Eimi, both with weapon in position. Sakura, unaware that these two were her younger sister and her sister's friend acted in a confused yet serious manner.
"Who are you two?" She asked, staying on her guard.
"Is that any way to treat us?" Eimi asked her in her usual, acrid tone of voice.
"Wait, Eimi?! What happened to you?"
"The same thing that happened to you." She replied.
"I'd rather have specific information..."
"Well lets just say for now that you're a superheroine who needs to get her job done before the baddies end up killing people." Mew Darkness added.
"Wait, you're right! They poisoned people somehow and they're going to die if they aren't given proper healing!"
Mew Darkness and Mew Eimi give each other concerned looks and then turn their heads back to Mew Sakura.
"They actually harmed people? They didn't bother throwing out a monster?" Mew Darkness questioned.
"Mhmm! That's right! Anyways, now that two other Mew Mews are here, we need to get going! Have fun trying to cure them before time runs out!" Eri shouted from on top of a street lamp, about to step into a portal which opened up behind her.
"Gah! You creeps aren't getting away like that again! Mew Eimi!"
"Don't order me around, Mew Darkness." Mew Eimi complied, setting up her shield. "Spinning Distortion!"
The shield began to spin, and spin, and spin until it sent out hypnotic waves at Eri; causing to stumble off of the street light and miss the escape. Mew Darkness leapt up into the air and caught her to prevent her from fall unconscious.
"Tell us how to cure them kid!" Mew Darkness yelled at her.
"You can't cure it..." Eri's voice stumbled, her mind tumbling with confusion and dizziness. "You need an anti-venom or some sort of magic... And look, they're starting to slip!"
"You little brat! Fix them!"
"Mew Darkness! Violence won't solve this!" Mew Eimi shouted.
"Well how are we going to save them?! I can't heal people, and you can't either! And we don't know what powers your sister has!"
"My powers..." Mew Sakura said to herself, nearly mumbling.
Sakura closed her eyes, on the brink of crying. Begging to something in her head, she asked for it to show her powers that could save the lives of these people. As she begged, holding back anger and thoughts of self-hostility, something began to take form in her hands. It looked like a small string instrument, and a bow to play it. Looking down at what took form in her hands, it seemed like a recognizable object; one that brought her memories and nostalgia. Closing her eyes, she positioned herself and began to play.
"I don't care, she must be hiding... information... Eimi, you hear that?"
"Yes, I do." She replied.
The two of them turned their heads to Sakura, and watched her play. Eimi narrowed her eyes slightly, sighing to the sound of the music.
"You're so rusty, Sakura..."
"This is a piece she knows? She can play?" Mew Darkness asked Mew Eimi.
"She used to play violin in high school, it seems she can still play on an intermediate level."
Opened her eyes and relaxing, Sakura looked up to the sky. Clouds blurred the blue sky slightly, the warm afternoon sun peeking out of the corner of a wispy white cloud.
"Content... Mind!"
The area was bathed in bright light, the ill feeling healing to themselves and those poisoned began to recover. When the light dimmed, Sakura was attacked by a rough yet approving pat on the back by Mew Darkness.
"Great job, Team mate." She grinned.
"Hang on, that solved our problem almost too quickly... It's almost as if they had planned to poison people." Mew Eimi implied.
"Are you saying they knew I had the power of healing others?" Mew Sakura asked.
"Great job on ruining the mood, Mew Eimi." Mew Darkness sarcastically snapped. "Lets discuss this with the other Mews later, right now lets head back to Cafe Mew Mew and discuss this with Nigai."
"Right, come on, Mew Sakura. Do you know how to use your wings yet?" Mew Eimi asked.
"I'm able to fly with these?" Mew Sakura said in curiosity.
"You really are an idiot... It's as simple as moving your arms and legs." She said, fluttering her large butterfly like wings and lifting herself up into the air.
"Give her flying lessons later and let her figure it out herself, I'm going ahead slowpokes!" Mew Darkness yelled, taking a leaping bound up on top of a building and running off.
"Always one to live in the fast lane... Come on, Mew Sakura."
Sakura smiled and nodded, gently flapping her wings with slight hesitation and then taking full flight with Mew Eimi in the same direction Mew Darkness had left.
"My relationship with Eimi isn't very strong and I'm pretty bossy, but this Mew thing is pretty amazing. I think it will be a great way for me and Eimi to bond, fighting crime and monsters side-by-side." Sakura thought to herself as the wind blew through her long, pale blue hair.
Mephisto grinned to himself, standing in front of a small viewing portal as the Mews took off on the rooftops of Tokyo. He shoved his hands in his pockets and cracked his neck a bit, looking pleased with some sort of anticipation.
"So now that they've gathered seven Mews... Humanity, I promise you will see your salvation in the coming years."